# Getting following error when starting kibana 5.6

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-following-error-when-starting-kibana-5-6/101912>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [September 27, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-following-error-when-starting-kibana-5-6/101912 "2017-09-27T00:09:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisronline](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrisronline/32/28230_2.png) [@chrisronline](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrisronline)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-following-error-when-starting-kibana-5-6/101912/2 "2017-09-27T14:17:15Z")

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Hey there,

Did you upgrade to 5.6 from an older version of the Elastic Stack? Or is it a fresh install? If its the former, there was an issue upgrading from 2.x to 5.6 that is [discussed here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-issue-with-elastic-stack-5-6-0-workaround-option-until-fix-is-available/100595).

Let me know if that helps. If not, can you please provide more information about your setup and possibly more of the log that might include a more detailed error message?

Thanks,  
Chris

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